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title: "Decisions"
url: "https://rolebase.io/en/docs/decisions"
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# Decisions

Record formal decisions and governance changes within your roles.

## Overview

Decisions in Rolebase serve as the **official record** of agreements, governance changes, and formal resolutions made within a role. They provide an auditable history of how your organization’s structure and policies have evolved over time.

## Why Record Decisions?

In self-governed organizations, decisions are not made by a single authority. They emerge from governance meetings, consent rounds, and discussions. Recording them ensures:

*   **Transparency** ensures everyone can see what was decided and when.
*   **Accountability** means decisions are linked to the role that made them.
*   **Historical reference** allows new members to review past decisions to understand context.
*   **Governance integrity** ensures formal changes to roles, domains, and policies are documented.

## Creating a Decision

1.  Navigate to a role’s decisions section.
2.  Click **New Decision**.
3.  Enter a **title** that summarizes the decision.
4.  Add a **description** with the full context, including what was decided, why, and any relevant details.

** Be Specific**

Good decision records include the context (why), the resolution (what), and any scope or time limits. This makes them valuable for future reference.

## Decision Properties

Property

Description

**Title**

A concise summary of the decision

**Description**

Full details including context, rationale, and scope (supports rich text)

**Role**

The role in which the decision was made

**Date**

When the decision was recorded

## Private Decisions

Decisions can be marked as **private**. Private decisions are only visible to members of the role in which they were made. This is appropriate for sensitive governance changes, personnel decisions, or confidential matters.

## Decisions and Governance

In Holacracy and related frameworks, governance decisions typically involve changes to:

*   **Role structure** involves creating, modifying, or removing roles and sub-roles.
*   **Role definitions** covers changing a role’s purpose, domain, or accountabilities.
*   **Policies** are rules that govern how authority within a domain is exercised.

Recording these changes as decisions in Rolebase creates a governance log that complements the live organizational structure.

** Governance Protection**

When **Protect Governance** is enabled in [organization settings](/en/docs/organizations), structural changes can only be made by role leaders. Decisions serve as the record of approved governance changes.

## Decisions in the News Feed

When a decision is created, it appears in the [news feed](/en/docs/news-feed) for all organization members (unless the decision is private). This ensures that important resolutions are visible across the organization without requiring everyone to check each role individually.

## Next Steps

*   [Use threads](/en/docs/threads) to discuss proposals before recording decisions.
*   [Run governance meetings](/en/docs/meetings) to facilitate decision-making.
*   [Check the news feed](/en/docs/news-feed) to stay informed about recent decisions.